Description
Book SynopsisDavid Jones has translated two important collections of short stories from the late thirteenth century that were assembled in the British Isles. The collections of narratives depict working daily life as well as offering a moral and theological insight into medieval life overall. -- .
Trade Review'David Jones, with an affordable, accessible, small volume, offers today’s audience a chance to read what their ancestors may have heard eight centuries ago...Finally, an up-to-date bibliography allows scholars to learn still more about the wide range of themes and applications employed by those who incorporated sermons and stories into their own efforts to save souls.'
New York Journal of Books
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Table of ContentsSeries editor’s foreword
Preface
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Medieval preaching and preaching aids
The Liber Exemplorum
The Cambridge Dominican Collection
Exempla: transmission and content
Translations
The Liber Exemplorum
Selected exempla from the Cambridge Dominican Collection
Select bibliography
Index
